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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized changes to its regulations regarding the disclosure of records and information. It also published a portion of its long-awaited Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking to modernize and clarify rules around third-party debt collection.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settled with Afni, Inc., last week to address violations in providing information to consumer reporting agencies.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a no-action letter to Bank of America, N.A., for a proposed small-dollar credit product.
Seattle-based Washington Federal Bank., N.A., has settled with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over allegations it reported inaccurate Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule to extend the Government-Sponsored Enterprise patch until the mandatory compliance date of a final rule amending the General Qualified Mortgage loan definition in Regulation Z.
Institutions of higher learning are offering fewer co-branded cards to students, continuing a trend, according to a report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.